Chapter 1 - 5
Camp Green Lake is --------.
A. one of the largest lakes in
Texas
B. a big dry lake where
rattlesnakes and scorpions live
C. a cool, shady lake with shade
trees surrounding it
Campers DON'T want to get bitten
by a ---------, even if it means they
would be allowed to spend time
recovering in the tent, instead of
having to dig a hole out on the lake.
A. yellow-spotted lizard
B. rattlesnake
C. scorpion
D. spider
Stanley Yelnats was given the choice to ------------- .
A. work at the community center for the
entire summer or go to Camp Green Lake
B. complete 60 hours of community
service or go to jail
C. go to jail or go to Camp Green Lake
D. complete 60 hours of community
service or go to Camp Green Lake
The difference between Camp Fun and
Games and Camp Green Lake was that --.
A. Camp Fun and Games was imagined and
Camp Green Lake was real
B. Camp Fun and Games had soccer and
Camp Green Lake had swimming
C. at Camp Fun and Games campers lived
in tents and at Camp Green Lake
campers lived cabins
What does Stanley look like?
A. thin
B. overweight
C. tall
D. small and petite
Stanley's father is ----------.
A. a musician
B. a gypsy
C. a farmer
D. an inventor
What was special about Stanley's
name?
A. It was the first time anyone in his
family had ever been named Stanley.
B. It was spelled the same frontward
and backward.
C. It was given to him by Kate
Barlow.
Stanley's trip to Camp Green Lake
was -----.
A. very short, only 15 minutes
B. a hot nine hour long trip
C. a two day trip up a winding
mountain passageway
D. a nice coastal trip
Why did Mr. Sir eat so many sunflower seeds?
A. Mr. Sir wanted to be a professional baseball
player and baseball players eat sunflower
seeds.
B. Mr. Sir believed sunflower seeds were good
for his health.
C. Mr. Sir ate sunflower seeds in place of
smoking.
D. Sunflower seeds were given to Camp Green
Lake by the government which made them
plentiful.
Stanley's work and resting clothes
were rotated every ----.
A. three days
B. day
C. three weeks
D. month
Why did Camp Green Lake have no
guard towers or electric fences?
A. Guns were used to shoot
runaways.
B. Mines were planted around the
perimeter of the camp.
C. There was no water for 100 miles
and so running away would be suicide.
All the campers had -------.
A. extra food and water
B. cool clothes
C. nicknames
D. blisters
Which question does Chapters 1-5
answer?
A. Will Stanley make friends at Camp
Green Lake?
B. Did Stanley commit the crime for
which he was convicted?
C. Will Stanley have trouble digging a
five-foot deep hole?
D. Will Stanley's father invent a way to
recycle old sneakers?
Which sentence from Holes supports the
conclusion that the temperature at Camp Green
Lake is exceedingly hot?
A, The only trees are two old oaks on the eastern
edge of the "lake".
B. The campers are forbidden to lie in the
hammock.
C. During the summer the daytime temperature
hovers around ninety-five degrees in the shade-if
you can find any shade.
D. There once was a very large lake here, the
largest lake in Texas.
Which statement from Holes is an opinion?
A. Stanley Yelnats was the only passenger
on the bus, not counting the driver or the
guard.
B. When Stanley was younger he used to
play with stuffed animals and pretend the
animals were at camp.
C. Stanley was not a bad kid.
D. Stanley's father was also named Stanley
Yelnats.
The reader knows Holes is written in the
third person because
A. the narrator tells Stanley’s story, then
tells the story of Elya Yelnats in Latvia, and
the stories of pre-drought Green Lake.
B. Stanley tells the story in his own words.
C. the narrator tells about his own
experiences at Camp Green Lake.
D. Stanley gives a personal account of what
happened to him at Camp Green Lake.
Why did Louis Sachar most likely write the
book Holes?
A. to persuade readers to show interest in
digging holes
B. to entertain readers with a story about a
boy struggling with hardship and confusion
C. to compare different types of juvenile
delinquent camps
D. to inform readers about the mistakes a
boy makes
----------Key---------1. (B)
2. (A)
3. (C)
4. (A)
5. (B)
6. (D)
7. (B)
8. (B)
9. (C)
10. (A)
11. (C)
12. (C)
13. (B)
14. (C)
15. (C)
16. (A)
17. (B)
Chapter 6 - 10
The showers at Camp Green Lake
were ____________.
A. warm and relaxing
B. short and cold
C. long and cold
D. extremely hot
Where did Stanley get the pair of
sneakers?
A. Stanley stole them from a
department store.
B. The sneakers fell from the freeway
overpass on his head.
C. Stanley borrowed them from the
homeless shelter.
D. The sneakers were on sale at the mall.
Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston was
a famous __________.
A. baseball player
B. golfer
C. basketball player
D. soccer player
The judge gave Stanley a choice
between__________.
A. 100 hours of community service at
the homeless shelter or Camp Green
Lake
B. jail or Camp Green Lake
C. 100 hours of community service at
the homeless shelter or jail
Stanley's great-great-grandfather
wanted __________.
A. to buy a small pig farm
B. to marry Myra
C. to become a pig farmer
D. to become a famous inventor
Madame Zeroni would help Elya in
exchange for __________.
A. a trip up the mountain to drink
from the spring
B. a trip to America
C. Elya singing to her each night
D. being a companion to Madame
Zeroni
Myra picked her husband by
_______.
A. tossing a lucky coin
B. having the men chose a number
between 1 and 10
C. singing a magic riddle
D. choosing the one she loved
When Elya was sailing across the
Atlantic he remembered _____.
A. his father's words about marriage
B. the words to the song Madame
Zeroni had taught him
C. he left his watch with Myra
D. his promise to carry Madame
Zeroni up the mountain
After coming to America, Elya
__________.
A. was cursed with disasters
B. was lucky finding a gold mine
C. had 20 children
D. was unhappy and wanted to return
home
After digging their holes, each boy
__________.
A. spat into the hole
B. had a difficult time climbing out
C. shoveled out one extra scoop of
dirt
D. whistled a victory tune
X-Ray told Stanley ________.
A. he'd feel better in the morning
B. every day the digging became
easier
C. the second hole was more fun to
dig
D. the second hole was the hardest
Stanley's nickname became ______.
A. Caveman
B. Lump
C. Sweet Feet
D. Barf Bag
Stanley found __________ in his
hole.
A. a silver coin
B. a fossil of a fish
C. a bead
D. an arrowhead
Which sequence best describes the order of events in
these chapters?
1) Elya left Latvia in a boat headed for America.
2) Elya spoke to Madame Zeroni about his love for
Myra.
3) Myra couldn't decide between Igor or Elya.
4) Elya carried a pig up the mountain to the stream.
5) Madame Zeroni agreed to help Elya.
a) 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
b) 2, 5, 4, 1, 3
c) 2, 5, 4, 3, 1
d) 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
Which statement from Holes contains an
opinion?
A. Stanley walked to Zero's hole and watched
him measure it with his shovel.
B. Zero pulled himself up to the surface. He
didn't even smile.
C. Zigzag had to be the "weirdest dude"
Stanley had ever seen.
D. He had a long skinny neck, and a big round
head and wild frizzy blond hair that stuck out
in all directions.
Which statement about Holes contains a
cause-effect relationship?
A. Stanley was proud of himself after
digging his first hole.
B. If you've ever been close enough to see
the yellow spots on the lizard, you are
probably dead.
C. Stanley stood in the shower and let the
cold water pour over his hot and sore body.
D. X-ray and Armpit liked to play pool.
If a student wants to find more
information on fossils, where should
she or he look?
A. an atlas
B. the dictionary
C. a science textbook
D. a thesaurus
A student is writing a research paper about the
geography of Latvia. Which is the most
appropriate research source for the student’s
paper?
A. an encyclopedia entry about Latvia's location
B. a magazine article about vacation spots in
Latvia
C. a newspaper article about current events in
Latvia
D. an almanac entry about the weather
conditions in Latvia
Who is most likely the audience for this
book?
A. psychologists studying human
behavior in juvenile delinquent camps
B. meteorologists learning about draught
conditions in Texas
C. students wanting to be entertained
with an exciting novel
D. parents trying to learn how to keep
their children out of trouble
----------Key---------1. (B)
2. (B)
3. (A)
4. (B)
5. (B)
6. (A)
7. (B)
8. (D)
9. (A)
10. (A)
11. (D)
12. (A)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
(B)
(C)
(C)
(B)
(C)
(A)
(C)
Chapter 11 - 15
Stanley wanted to work
___________ when he was older.
A. digging holes
b. training animals
c. for the F.B.I.
d. as a doctor
X-Ray told Caveman if he found
something he should __________.
A. give it to X-Ray
b. save it to the next day and get
the whole day off
c. show it to the boys in Tent D
d. hide it from the staff
To pass the time digging Stanley day
dreamed about ________.
A. eating an ice cream sundae
B. being at the beach with cool
breezes
C. Armpit or Squid fighting Derrick
Dunne
D. taking a long, hot, bubble bath
Stanley blamed his misfortunes on
___________.
A. his parents
B. his teacher in school, Ms. P. Q.
Snail
C. his no-good-dirty-rotten-pigstealing-great-great-grandfather
D. the police department
Stanley found __________ in the
dirt.
A. a pocket watch
B. a key
C. an engraved coin with the letters
KB
D. a gold tube
X-Ray was rewarded for finding the
gold tube by a ride back to camp,
_________.
A. a candy bar and a soda pop
B. a double shower and clean clothes
C. a double ice cream cone and 3
days rest
Stanley had been at Camp Green
Lake for ___________.
A. two months
B. two weeks
C. 1 year
D. six months
Why do you think X-Ray was so
grumpy the morning after the
"find"?
A. X-Ray missed home.
B. X-Ray was afraid the warden
might have been listening.
C. X-Ray didn't want to be a hero.
D. X-Ray wanted to see his family
and friends.
The Warden wanted the dirt
___________.
A. boxed up
B. moved to camp
C. watered down
D. dug twice
How did the Warden know all the boys'
names?
A. The Warden had hidden microphones
and cameras in the tents, the Wreck
Room, and the shower.
B. The Warden had spies at Camp Green
Lake that reported to her each evening.
C. Mr. Pendanski told her all the
nicknames he had learned during the
counseling sessions.
The author, Louis Sachar, probably
wrote Holes ________________.
A. to persuade teenagers to obey the
law
B. to inform readers what life in a
detention camp was like
C. to entertain readers with an
interesting story
D. to help youth learn how to survive in a
detention camp
Which question does Holes Chapters 1115 answer?
A. Will Stanley get out of Camp Green
Lake the same as when he went in?
B. What happens when Stanley finds an
interesting object in his hole?
C. Will the Warden find additional
objects by digging the dirt twice?
D. What does KB stand for?
One thing was certain: They weren't just
digging to "build character".
This passage implies ____________.
A. The boys were all innocent of the crimes
they were charged with and didn't need
character building.
B. The boys were in need of character
education as well as strength building.
C. The Warden wanted the boys to dig to find a
missing object, not for the good it was to their
character.
Stanley wanted to work for the F.B.I. when
he was older. If Stanley were to write a
research report about the F.B.I., which
topic would he choose that is most focused?
A. Unsolved Cases of the F.B.I.
B. the F.B.I.'s Most Wanted Terrorists
C. an Interesting Case of Money Laundering
D. Crimes the F.B.I. Solved in the United
States from 2000 to 2010
Stanley wants to find more information on the
F.B.I. case he is researching. Choose the source
that will give him the most reliable information.
A. a diary entry from a person in jail who
laundered money
B. an Internet article about how the F.B.I.
solves crimes
C. a Web site listing cases the F.B.I. has solved
D. an article on the official F.B.I. site of the
U.S. Federal Government
Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
A. "Not every Stanley Yelnats has been a failure,”
Stanley’s mother often pointed out. "The first Stanley
Yelnats had made a fortune in the stock market.”
B. "Not every Stanley Yelnats has been a failure,
Stanley’s mother often pointed out. The first Stanley
Yelnats had made a fortune in the stock market.”
C. "Not every Stanley Yelnats has been a failure,
"Stanley’s mother often pointed out." "The first Stanley
Yelnats had made a fortune in the stock market.”
D. "Not every Stanley Yelnats has been a failure,”
Stanley’s mother often pointed out. The first Stanley
Yelnats had made a fortune in the stock market.”
Read the sentence.
All the campers clothing was cleaned
in the wardens laundry room.
Choose the correct punctuation for the
underlined words.
A. camper's . . . wardens'
B. campers' . . . warden's
C. camper's . . . warden's
D. campers' . . . wardens'
Read the sentences.
X-Ray, Squid, and Armpit were
determined to dig their holes dug before
Zero. Each of the boys pledged to do
their best.
Choose the word that best replaces the
underlined word.
A. his
B. ours
C. its
D. correct as is
----------Key---------1. (C)
2. (A)
3. (C)
4. (C)
5. (D)
6. (B)
7. (B)
8. (B)
9. (D)
10. (A)
11. (C)
12. (B)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
(C)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(A)
Chapters 16 - 20
Stanley got a letter from
___________.
A. his girlfriend
B. his dad
C. his mother
D. Clyde Livingston
Zero never ___________.
A. went to school
B. played baseball in Little League
C. heard of the little old lady who
lived in a shoe
D. went to counseling with Mr.
Pendanski
Stanley got hurt when __________.
A. he fell into the hole
B. he was bitten by a rattlesnake
C. Zigzag's shovel caught him in the
side of the head
D. he fell on his collar bone
Zero told Stanley __________.
A. where the cameras were hidden
B. that he didn't know how to read
C. how to play a trick on the other
boys
D. where to find the hidden shovels
Stanley caught Squid ___________.
A. sneaking extra food
B. playing a trick on X-Ray
C. throwing up
D. crying
Magnet stole ________________.
A. Squid's watch
B. Zigzag's canteen
C. Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds
D. X-Ray's book
__________ was caught by Mr. Sir
with the burlap bag.
A. Squid
B. Magnet
C. X-Ray
D. Stanley
Which statement from Holes is an opinion?
A. As Stanley entered the Wreck Room, he
could hear X-Ray's voice from all the way
across the room.
B. The only famous authors he could think of
were Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare,
and Mark Twain.
C. By lunchtime the Warden was beginning to
lose her patience.
D. Mr. Sir reminded them that they weren't
Girl Scouts.
Based on the story, it is likely that
________________.
A. Mr. Sir will die from his wounds
B. the Warden will hurt others to
get her way
C. the Warden will keep buying the
poisonous nail polish
D. the Warden will hire someone to
replace Mr. Sir
Which statement from Holes contains a causeeffect relationship?
A. Stanley spent more time pushing the
wheelbarrow than digging, because he was such a
slow digger.
B. It felt good to walk in the shade of the two
oak trees.
C. He looked up from his hole to see the water
truck and its trailing dust cloud.
D. They continued to dig until late afternoon, long
after all the other groups had finished for the
day.
What is the main idea of Chapters 16-20?
A. Stanley receives a letter from home and
writes one in return.
B. A series of events cause the campers in
Tent D, as well as the counselors, to become
cruel towards one another to the point of
physical violence.
C. Stanley remains brave while he faces Mr.
Sir.
D. Stanley discovers the gold tube is a
lipstick container.
Choose the event that occurs first.
A. Zigzag knocks Stanley in the head with a
shovel, cutting a gash near his ear.
B. Magnet steals Mr. Sir's bag of sunflower
seeds.
C. Stanley enters the Wreck room and sees
that all the boys are exhausted except for
X-Ray, who is gloating about his day off.
D. The Warden paints her nails then slaps
Mr. Sir across the face.
The conflict in Chapter 17 (While digging Zigzag
knocks Stanley in the head with a shovel, cutting
a gash near his ear. Mr. Sir makes him a bandage
out of a sack of sunflower seeds and tells him to
get back to work. Zigzag is not apologetic, in fact,
he even makes Stanley dig out the dirt that had
been on Stanley's shovel when he was hit.) can
best be described as
A. person vs. self.
B. person vs. person.
C. person vs. technology.
D. person vs. environment.
In the novel, what will Mr. Sir most
likely do next?
A. seek revenge on Stanley
B. give Stanley extra rations and clean
clothes
C. take Stanley to see the Warden every
time there is a problem
D. be kind to the boys at Camp Green
Lake to get in the Warden's good graces
Read the following metaphor.
Magnet fingers were sticky jam as he
stole Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds.
This metaphor shows that Magnet stole
the sunflower seeds
A. clumsily
B. rudely
C. with embarrassment
D. skillfully
----------Key---------1. (C)
2. (C)
3. (C)
4. (B)
5. (D)
6. (C)
7. (D)
8. (A)
9. (D)
10. (C)
11. (B)
12. (A)
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
(B)
(C)
(B)
(A)
(D)
Chapters 21 - 25
How did Stanley's greatgrandfather survive in the desert?
A. He lived off cactus juice.
B. He carried plenty of water with
him.
C. He found refuge on God's thumb.
D. He found a cave with supplies.
________ dug Stanley's hole while
he went to talk to the Warden about
the sunflower seeds.
A. Squid
B. Magnet
C. X-Ray
D. Zero
Stanley began teaching Zero
_______.
A. how to read
B. how to sing
C. how to multiply
D. how to dance
Zero had a talent for _______.
A. reading
B. math
C. science
D. geography
Stanley figures out the gold tube
was really ______.
A. a bullet casing
B. the top to an ink pen
C. a lipstick container
D. a pipe fitting
Katherine Barlow made good _____.
A. apple pie
B. spiced peaches
C. pickles
D. pound cake
Trout Walker got his nickname
because _________.
A. he had a trout pond on his
property
B. he won the fishing competition
C. his feet smelled like dead fish
D. he cooked trout at his restaurant
Mr. Sir showed his upset feelings
for Stanley by _______.
A. dumping out his oatmeal
B. putting him in the back of the line
C. not filling his canteen
D. calling him names
Mary Lou, the donkey, ate nothing
but ________.
A. clover
B. onions
C. oats
D. barley
When someone got sick they went to
see Doc Hawthorn and Sam. Sam
gave them _________.
A. onion concoctions
B. magic potions
C. apple cider
D. herbal remedies
Sam fixed the leaky roof of the
schoolhouse in exchange for _____.
A. reading lessons
B. money
C. spiced peaches
D. books
By the end of the first semester,
Onion Sam _____________.
A. had turned the old run-down
schoolhouse into a building the whole
town was proud of
B. had learned to read as well as any
of the sixth grade students
C. was able to keep the books for
Mr. Walker at the general store
Which sequence best describes the order of events in
Holes?
1) Sam fixed the leaky roof of the schoolhouse.
2) Katherine told Sam her heart was breaking.
3) Hattie Parker saw Katherine and Sam kiss.
4) Sam fixed the windows, doors, then painted the
schoolhouse.
A. 2, 4, 3, 1
B. 3, 4, 2, 1
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 1, 4, 2, 3
Which question does Chapters 21-25
answer?
A. What happens to Katherine and
Sam?
B. What is the Warden looking for in
the holes?
C. What was the gold tube?
D. Will Zero learn to read?
The conflict in this story is mostly
the result of which event?
A. The Warden is looking for
something hidden in the desert that
use to be Green Lake.
B. Stanley Yelnats is under a curse.
C. X-Ray is the leader of Camp D.
D. Mr. Sir quit smoking cigarettes.
Which sentence best summarizes the Chapter
25?
A. Sick people in town would see Dr. Hawthorne
or Sam the onion man.
B. Sam would fix things for Kate Barlow in
exchange for her spiced peaches.
C. Kate Barlow and Sam kiss in the rain.
D. Sam, the onion man who lived at Green Lake
before the draught, helped sick people with his
onion cures and fixed up the schoolhouse for
Kate Barlow who fell in love with him.
Read the analogy based on Holes.
hammer is to tool as peach is to
A. food
B. orchard
C. tree
D. pit
Read these sentences.
Stanley finished digging his hole first, and that night he asked Zero why he
had done it. Zero said it was because Stanley hadn't stolen the sunflower
seeds or the sneakers. Stanley offered to teach Zero to read. He taught
him the alphabet, then began the letters one at a time. He was amazed at
how Zero could figure things out quickly. Zero offered to continue to dig
some of Stanley's hole each day. Stanley realized that the object he found
was a lipstick tube, with the same initials on it as Kate Barlow.
Which sentence from the paragraph does not belong?
A. Stanley finished digging his hole first, and that night he asked Zero why
he had done it.
B. Zero said it was because Stanley hadn't stolen the sunflower seeds or
the sneakers.
C. Stanley offered to teach Zero to read.
D. Stanley realized that the object he found was a lipstick tube, with the
same initials on it as Kate Barlow.
Which title would be best for
Chapters 21-25?
A. Mr. Sir's Face
B. Stanley Connects Kate Barlow and
Sam's Story to the Present
C. God's Thumb
D. Teaching Zero
----------Key---------1. (C)
2. (D)
3. (A)
4. (B)
5. (C)
6. (B)
7. (C)
8. (C)
9. (B)
10. (A)
11. (C)
12. (A)
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
(D)
(C)
(A)
(D)
(A)
(D)
(B)
Chapters 26 - 30
What was the town people's reaction
to Sam kissing Kate?
A. The town people wanted to hang
Sam.
B. No one cared.
C. The people in the town wanted to
run Sam out of town.
Sam left the town by ______.
A. donkey
B. row boat
C. foot
D. wagon
What happened to Sam?
A. The townspeople hung Sam.
B. Sam escaped the angry mob.
C. Sam was shot and killed.
D. Sam left town with Kate.
Kate became ________.
A. a feared outlaw
B. a sheriff
C. a doctor
D. an onion grower
Stanley was afraid that Mr. Sir
______.
A. wouldn't let Mr. Pendanski drive
the water truck
B. would take away his supper
C. put something vile into his canteen
D. would force him to dig an extra
hole
Hectors last name was Zeroni, just
like the gypsys last name.
Choose the correct punctuation for
the underlined words.
A. Hectors' . . . gypsys'
B. Hectors' . . . gypsy's
C. Hector's . . . gypsy's
D. Hector's . . . gypsys'
After twenty years, Kate Barlow
returned to Green Lake. When she
returned she found __________.
A. she really loved Trout Walker
B. the lake had dried up
C. the children still wanted her as a
teacher
D. Sam wasn't really dead
How did Kate Barlow die?
A. She died in her sleep.
B. Trout Walker shot her in the
head.
C. She was bitten by a lizard.
D. Linda Miller hit her over the head
with a shovel.
What was the connection between Kate Barlow
and Stanley's great-grandfather?
A. Kate Barlow was Stanley's greatgrandfather's sister.
B. Kate Barlow had married Stanley's greatgrandfather.
C. Kate Barlow had robbed Stanley's greatgrandfather and left him stranded in the
desert.
D. Kate Barlow took Stanley's greatgrandfather to jail after he tried to kidnap
her.
During the lightning storm Stanley
thought he saw _________.
A. God's thumb
B. clouds bringing rain to Camp Green
Lake
C. his no-good-dirty-rotten-pigstealing-great-great-grandfather's
face
D. a donkey
The boys from Tent D gave Stanley
a hard time because _____.
A. Zero was digging part of his hole
B. he was so smart
C. he could dig faster than them
D. Mr. Sir liked him the best
After Mr. Pendanski called Zero
stupid, Zero __________.
A. told him to go jump in a lake
B. showed him he could read
C. hit him with the shovel then ran
away
D. kicked him and called him an evil
man
The Warden is most likely a
descendant of _______.
A. Madame Zeroni
B. Stanley Yelnats
C. Onion Sam
D. Trout Walker
Who is the speaker in this line from
Holes?
"Excuse me?"
A. the Warden
B. Armpit
C. Mr. Pendanski
D. Zero
Which statement from Holes contains a
cause-effect relationship?
A. Have you just been digging Caveman's
hole for nothing?
B. I know you mean well, Stanley, but
face it. Zero's too stupid to learn to
read.
C. Zigzag make a gagging sound.
D. The collar ripped and Stanley fell
backward onto the dirt.
Which statement is NOT true about the
theme of Holes?
A. Luck, destiny and fate determine
what happens.
B. It's not my fault, I was just in the
wrong place at the wrong time.
C. Family heritage, customs, and stories
passed down are important.
D. Surviving in the city with bullying,
drugs, and gangs is difficult.
Which information belongs in the empty
space?
A. is a character in Holes
B. burns down the schoolhouse
C. furious and outraged
D. is spoiled and stupid
----------Key---------9. (C)
1. (A)
10. (A)
2. (B)
11. (A)
3. (C)
12. (C)
4. (A)
13. (D)
5. (C)
14. (A)
6. (C)
15. (D)
7. (B)
16. (D)
8. (C)
17. (B)
Chapters 31 - 35
After Zero ran away the Warden
decided to ______________.
a) destroy all his records
b) go look for him
c) create a search team
d) call his mother
The new camper in Tent D was
_________.
a) Spit
b) Rowdy
c) Twitch
d) Spot
Why wouldn't the water truck go
when Stanley first tried?
a) The engine was flooded.
b) The keys weren't in the ignition.
c) Stanley was pushing the brake
instead of the gas.
d) Stanley hadn't put the truck in
gear.
What happened to Stanley as he was
driving the truck?
a) Stanley ran out of gas.
b) Stanley had driven straight into a
hole.
c) Stanley hit the Warden's cabin.
d) Stanley flew across the desert.
After the wreck, Stanley
___________.
a) was taken to the hospital
b) ran away
c) went to the Warden's cabin
d) apologized to Mr. Sir
In the desert, Stanley found
___________.
a) a canteen
b) a shovel
c) an empty sack of sunflower seeds
d) an orange jumpsuit
Stanley began to see _______ as
he walked across the desert.
a) clouds
b) mirages
c) footprints
d) more and more holes, the
frequency of the holes increased,
The name of the boat was
________.
a) Mary Lou
b) Yelnats's Dream
c) Kissin' Kate
d) Onion Sam
Zero had been camping out
_______.
a) beside a small lake
b) in a small cave
c) on Big Thumb
d) under the boat
Stanley figured the sploosh was
__________.
a) really apple cider
b) over 100 years old
c) buried under the boat by the
Warden
d) poisonous
Which statement is NOT true about the theme
of Holes?
a) Fate - Stanley's great-great-grandfather
was "cursed" because he did not carry Madame
Zeroni up the mountain as he had promised.
b) Friendship - Stanley forms a special
friendship with Zero, whom he teaches to read.
c) Hopeful - Stanley and Zero think they have
found Big Thumb.
d) Revenge - X-Ray and Armpit place a
rattlesnake on Barf Bag's bed after Barf Bag
told Mr. Sir they were taking extra food.
Which sequence best describes the order of events in
Holes?
1) Stanley found Zero hiding under a rowboat.
2) The truck went into a hole.
3) Twitch took Zero's empty bed at Camp Green Lake.
4) Stanley ran away from Camp Green Lake.
5) Stanley took off across the desert in Mr. Sir's
truck.
a) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1
b) 3, 4, 5, 2, 1
c) 3, 4, 1, 2, 5
d) 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
Which question does this section of
Holes answer?
a) What reaction does Stanley's
mother have over his disappearance?
b) What kept Zero alive in the desert?
c) Will Mr. Sir follow Stanley out into
the dry lake bed?
d) Will Stanley and Zero survive living
out on the desert?
In Chapters 31-35 Stanley and Zero
are in conflict with
a) the need for technology.
b) the forces of nature.
c) inner conflict.
d) each other.
Choose the line that best shows the
turning point of the novel.
a) Zero was a ward of the state, so the
Warden decided to destroy all the
records they had on him.
b) A new kid, who they nicknamed Twitch,
was assigned to the Tent D.
c) Stanley ran away and now his lot is with
Zero, wherever that may take him.
d) Stanley found an empty sunflower seed
sack with one seed.
Holes can best be described as
a) historical fiction.
b) a drama.
c) a biography.
d) realistic fiction.
Which sentence correctly uses a
subordinate conjunction?
a) Even though Stanley was without food
and water, his thirst was quenched.
b) Stanley looked on top of the
mountain, whereas he saw God's Thumb.
c) Even if Stanley finds Zero, it is likely
that he will be unconscious.
d) Stanley will drink the sploosh while
Zero has finished drinking the rest.
Which of these uses a colon correctly?
a) Stanley put the following in the burlap
sack: a bottle of sploosh, a small shovel, and
three empty jars.
b) Stanley walked towards a large object: It
was an upside down boat called the Mary Lou.
c) Stanley shows Zero the mountain: that
looks like God's thumb.
d) Zero had with him: empty jars and sploosh.
----------Key---------1. (a)
2. (c)
3. (d)
4. (b)
5. (b)
6. (c)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9. (d)
10. (b)
11. (a)
12. (d)
13. (a)
14. (b)
15. (b)
16. (c)
17. (d)
18. (c)
19. (a)
Chapters 36 - 40
Zero _________ as he and
Stanley walked towards Big Thumb.
a) ran ahead
b) had to stop to throw up
c) led the way
d) fell behind
To keep Zero walking Stanley
_____________.
a) asked him to spell words to keep
his mind distracted
b) sang the If Only song to him
c) told Zero about his no-good-dirtyrotten-pig-stealing-great-greatgrandfather
d) told jokes to make Zero laugh
What scared Stanley the most
about dying was ____________.
a) letting the Warden win
b) the pain he would feel
c) leaving his family
d) not saying goodbye to his
friends at school
Zero cut his hands ________.
a) on the brambles on the cliff side
b) on the broken jars in the burlap
sack
c) by holding onto the shovel while
Stanley climbed up
d) on a sharp rock as he climbed up
the mountain
Stanley thought there must be
water on Big Thumb when he saw
_________.
a) weeds and bugs
b) footprints
c) clouds
d) dew on the rocks
Why did Stanley leave the shovel
behind?
a) The shovel was broken and no
longer of any use.
b) Stanley forgot to pick up the
shovel, and it was too far back to
turn around to get it.
c) Stanley left the shovel so he
would have two arms to carry Zero.
Stanley found ________ to eat.
a) onions
b) bird eggs
c) nuts
d) berries
Zero wanted to eat ___________.
a) a pepperoni pizza
b) a hot fudge sundae
c) a hamburger and fries
d) a candy bar
Stanley had carried Zero ______.
a) only a short distance
b) a very long ways
Which sequence best describes the order of events in
Holes?
1) Stanley went down the mountain to get the shovel.
2) Zero cut deep gashes in his hands as he held on to the
metal blade of the shovel.
3) Stanley and Zero ate an onion.
4) Zero and Stanley packed the unbroken jars in the
burlap sack before leaving the Mary Lou.
5) Stanley spotted weeds and bugs.
a) 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
b) 4, 2, 3, 1, 5
c) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
d) 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
Which question does this section of
Holes answer?
a) Will Stanley and Zero be rescued
from God's Thumb?
b) Will Zero learn who the Mary Lou is
named after?
c) What will Stanley and Zero eat to
stay alive?
d) Will a yellow spotted lizard attack
Stanley?
Based on the story, it is likely that in
the future ___________.
a) Zero will become stronger by eating
onions
b) the boys will go back to Camp Green
Lake each year for a visit
c) the boys will see Sam, the onion man
d) the boys will become sick from
drinking the poisonous water
Which of the following is NOT a
theme for the book Holes.
a) the survival of war
b) the benefits of friendship
c) the destructive nature of
cruelty
d) the importance of history in
everyday life
The main idea of Chapters 36-40 in Holes is
a) While they walked, Zero asked Stanley to
give him some words.
b) Stanley and Zero became excited climbing
God's Thumb, because they could see weeds
and bugs.
c) Stanley picked Zero up and carried him up
God's Thumb.
d) After walking for what seemed like days,
Stanley and Zero find God's Thumb, where
they can rest and recuperate.
Choose the best way to combine the sentences.
Stanley went down the mountain to get the shovel. He
was amazed how far he had carried Zero up the mountain.
a) Using careful steps Stanley even went down the
mountain to get the shovel, because he was amazed how
far he had carried Zero up the mountain.
b) When Stanley went down the mountain to get the
shovel, he was amazed how far he had carried Zero up
the mountain.
c) Stanley went down the mountain to get the shovel,
when he was amazed how far he had carried Zero up the
mountain.
d) Stanley went down the mountain to get the shovel, but
he was amazed how far he had carried Zero up the
mountain.
Read this sentence.
They're is a bitter smell in the air and mud on
the ground when Stanley reaches the top of the
mountain.
Choose the correct revision of the underlined
word.
a) There
b) Its
c) It
d) Their
Read this sentence.
And Zero eats onions and sleeps, Stanley
goes down God's Thumb to get the shovel.
Choose the word that should replace the
underlined word for a smoother transition.
a) While
b) Certainly
c) Previously
d) Since
----------Key---------1. (b)
2. (a)
3. (c)
4. (c)
5. (a)
6. (c)
7. (a)
8. (b)
9. (b)
10. (a)
11. (c)
12. (a)
13. (a)
14. (d)
15. (b)
16. (a)
17. (a)
Chapter 41 - 45
Zero didn't go to the homeless
shelter very often because ______.
a) he thought the beds weren't
comfortable
b) he didn't like the food they
served
c) he didn't want to become a ward
of the state
d) he didn't like sleeping inside
What did Zero do to get sent to Camp
Green Lake?
a) Zero was caught trying to break into
the coffee shop.
b) Zero tried to walk out of a shoe
store with a new pair of sneakers.
c) Zero stole food from the grocery
store.
d) Zero broke into a boat in the harbor
to try to find a dry place to sleep.
Zero and Stanley lived off ______.
a) onions
b) peaches
c) a pig they caught
d) greens
How had Camp Green Lake changed
Stanley?
a) Stanley began praying for the
first time.
b) Stanley felt hatred for an adult
for the first time.
c) Stanley wanted to fight every
bully.
d) Stanley liked himself now.
What memory did Zero have from
his infancy?
a) swinging with his mother pushing
him
b) eating oatmeal for breakfast
each morning
c) his mother singing to him
d) his daddy coming home from work
each night
Stanley and Zero decided to
______.
a) return to Camp Green Lake and
beg the Warden for forgiveness
b) hike in the opposite direction
from Camp Green Lake
c) dig in the hole where Stanley
found the tube
Neither boy wanted __________.
a) to find a rattlesnake
b) to be the first to drink water
c) to find the Mary Lou
d) to eat the onions
Zero had a stuffed _________
when he was little.
a) giraffe
b) elephant
c) teddy bear
d) dog
After reaching the camp, the boys
_________.
a) marched right up to the
Warden's cabin
b) began digging right away
c) waited for the camp to fall asleep
d) headed for the shower for water
While Stanley dug the hole, Zero
_______.
a) rested
b) woke the boys in Tent D
c) stole an extra shovel from camp
d) went after water and cereal
After Zero and Stanley found the
metal case, ___________.
a) the Warden found the boys
b) the boys opened the case and
discovered gold
c) the boys sat down to rest
d) the boys tried to pry open the
lock
After finding the suitcase Stanley
discovered he _______.
a) was too tired to open it
b) was standing in a lizard nest
c) couldn't get the lock open
Which sentence from Holes supports the
conclusion that the Warden was after the chest
the whole time?
a) No one cares about Hector Zeroni.
b) He forced the tip of the shovel between the
dirt and the top of the metal case and tried to
wedge it free.
c) "Thank you," said the Warden. "You boys have
been a big help."
d) He dug with his hands until he found the
leather handle, and then he pulled the suitcase
up and out of the dirt.
Which statement from Holes is an
opinion?
a) It was heavy. He handed it up to
Zero.
b) A light was shining in his face.
c) I'm going to try to dig a hole
underneath it.
d) The hole was wide enough for him to
hold the shovel lengthwise and dig
sideways into the wall.
Who is the speaker of this line from
Holes?
I'm good at sneaking in and out of
places.
a) the Warden
b) Stanley
c) Mr. Sir
d) Zero
Who is the speaker of these lines
from Holes?
I was never a Cub Scout. I wasn't
good at social stuff like that. Kids
made fun of me because I was fat.
a) Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston
b) Stanley
c) X-Ray
d) Derrick Dunne
Which event belongs in the empty box?
a) Zero was arrested when he stole a new pair of shoes.
b) Zero apologizes to Stanley and Stanley sings Zero the
song that Madame Zeroni taught his great-greatgrandfather.
c) The Warden talks about how she grew up digging holes
with her parents.
d) Zero finds frosted flakes, which he and Stanley both
find revoltingly sweet after more than a week of eating
only onions.
----------Key---------1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (a)
4. (d)
5. (c)
6. (c)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9. (c)
10. (d)
11. (a)
12. (b)
13. (c)
14. (a)
15. (d)
16. (b)
17. (d)
Chapters 46 - 50
While Mr. Sir watched the lizards
in the hole around Zero and
Stanley, he ____.
a) ate handfuls of sunflower seeds
b) started smoking a cigarette
c) began to drink
d) called the police
The day before Stanley and Zero
retuned to camp, _____.
a) the campers rioted and didn't dig
holes
b) the wreck room burned
c) Stanley's parents came to take
him home
d) a lawyer came and said that
Stanley was innocent
The yellow spotted lizard ate
______.
a) a gopher
b) a rattlesnake
c) a tarantula
d) a bird
The suitcase had the name ______
on it.
a) Trout Walker
b) Kate Barlow
c) Pendanski
d) Stanley Yelnats
Hector was released from Camp
Green Lake because ________.
a) no one could find his file
b) he was found innocent
c) he had served his time
Squid asked Stanley to ________.
a) help him escape
b) give him part of what was in the
suitcase
c) call his mom for him
Why were Zero and Stanley NOT
bitten by the lizards?
a) The lizards weren't hungry.
b) The lizards didn't like onion
blood.
c) The sploosh the boys drank
acted like a repellent.
d) Lizards don't eat during the
heat of the day.
After Stanley and Hector were
riding home, __________.
a) Ms. Morengo gave them
sandwiches and soda
b) a drop of rain fell into the empty
lake
c) the BMW had a flat tire
d) Hector told Stanley a joke about
Mr. Sir
Camp Green Lake became
_________.
a) a wildlife refuge
b) a Girl Scout camp
c) a maximum security prison
d) a resort with a water park
At the end of the book we learn
__________.
a) Sweet Feet still has smelly feet
b) Hector's mother has returned
c) everyone loves to watch the
Super Bowl
d) the jewels in the suitcase made
Stanley a millionaire
When Stanley carried Zero up the
mountain, it broke his family's
curse because ___________.
a) Stanley was a good citizen
b) Stanley was completing his
great-great-grandfather's promise
c) Stanley saved a person's life
Stanley's and Zero's families sang
similar lullabies because _____.
a) they read the same nursery
rhymes
b) they listened to the same records
c) their families lived in the same
region of the world
The conflict in this story is mostly the
result of which event?
a) Hector was separated from his
mother as a young child.
b) The Warden was looking for a
buried treasure somewhere in the
desert where Green Lake use to be.
c) Sweet Feet's shoes were stolen.
d) Derrick Dunne was bullying Stanley.
Which question does the book Holes
answer?
a) What percent did Stanley's
weight change?
b) What steps did Hector go
through to find his mother?
c) What did Hector and Stanley do
with the money they uncovered?
d) What happened to Mr. Pendanski?
Which statement from Holes contains a
cause-effect relationship?
a) Stanley's mother doubts whether
Stanley's great-great-grandfather really
stole a pig.
b) In a few years, Camp Green Lake will
become a Girl Scout camp.
c) The commercial showed a baseball game.
d) The air-conditioning was on, but they
drove with the windows open as well, because,
"No offense, but you boys really smell bad."
Read this sentence.
For the longer time, Stanley's family was
under the curse of Madame Zeroni.
What is the correct way to write the
underlined word above?
a) long
b) longest
c) more long
d) correct as is
Choose the event that occurs last.
a) Zero shows everyone the other side of the
suitcase where the name Stanley Yelnats is
printed.
b) Stanley and Hector watch a commercial in
which Clyde Livingston advertises sploosh,
Stanley's father's cure for foot odor.
c) Mr. Sir tells Stanley that Stanley's lawyer had
shown up the day before to say that Stanley is
innocent of stealing the shoes.
d) The Warden shines a flashlight on Zero, who is
holding the suitcase until she sees that there is a
deadly yellow-spotted lizard on the suitcase.
----------Key---------10. (b)
1. (b)
11. (b)
2. (d)
12. (c)
3. (c)
13. (b)
4. (d)
14. (c)
5. (a)
15. (d)
6. (c)
16. (b)
7. (b)
17. (b)
8. (b)
9. (b)
Camp Green Lake is located
in which state?
A. Arizona
B. New Mexico
C. Texas
What does Stanley teach
Zero to do?
A. Dig holes
B. Do math
C. Read
What was Kate Barlow's
job before she became an
outlaw?
A. School teacher
B. Onion farmer
C. Nurse
Who took Clyde Livingston's
sneakers?
A. Derrick Dunne
B. Hector Zeroni
C. Stanley Yelnats
To let each other know
things were okay, Stanley
and Zero would give each
other the thumbs-up sign.
A. True
B. False
What was written on the
boat that Zero was hiding
under?
A. Mary Lou
B. Big Thumb
C. Kate Barlow
After Zero left, his spot
was filled by Twitch.
A. True
B. False
The Warden had nail polish
that was made from
rattlesnake venom.
A. True
B. False
What was Stanley's
nickname?
A. X-Ray
B. Zero
C. Caveman
What did Sploosh end up
smelling like?
A. Sunflower seeds
B. Onions
C. Peaches
What did Magnet steal
from Mr. Sir?
A. A shovel
B. Sunflower seeds
C. Water
Doc Hawthorne helped save
Mrs. Tennyson's daughter
Rebecca.
A. True
B. False
Yellow-spotted lizards do
not like sunflower seeds.
A. False
B. True
Yellow-spotted lizards had
exactly ten spots on them.
A. True
B. False
What did Stanley think his
great-great-grandfather
stole?
A. Jewels
B. An onion
C. A pig
The suitcase that Stanley
found had Kate Barlow's
name on it.
A. True
B. False
Zero hit Mr. Sir in the
face with a shovel.
A. False
B. True
What was the worst thing
to be bitten by at Camp
Green Lake?
A. Scorpion
B. Rattlesnake
C. Yellow-spotted lizard
Answer Key
1. (A) 6. (B)
2. (B) 7. (A)
3. (C) 8. (A)
4. (C) 9. (B)
5. (A) 10. (A)
11. (C) 16. (A)
12. (C) 17. (C)
13. (B) 18. (B)
14. (B) 19. (A)
15. (A) 20. (C)
Chapters
1 - 10
What do
yellowspotted
lizards like
to eat?
What did
Madame
Zeroni give
Elya Yelnats
to carry up
the mountain
each day?
Where was
the money
from Clyde
Livingston's
sneakers
going to be
donated?
What did
Elya Yelnats
forget to do
before he
left on a ship
for America?
Who was
given the
choice
between going
to jail or
going to Camp
Green Lake?
What crime
was Stanley
convicted
of?
What was
Stanley's
new
nickname?
What did
Stanley's
father do for
a living?
Who did
Stanley's
family blame
whenever
something
went wrong?
What is
unusual
about the
name
Stanley
Yelnats?
What was
the name of
the first
guard that
Stanley
spoke to?
Which outlaw
robbed
Stanley's
greatgrandfather?
What are
the
nicknames of
Alan and
Rex?
Who owns
the hammock
and the
shade
between the
only two
trees?
What did the
guard behind
the desk do
instead of
smoking a
pack of
cigarettes a
day?
What is the
worst thing
that a
camper can
be bitten by?
How big were
the holes
that campers
were
expected to
dig every
day?
What did
each camper
do after
they
finished
digging their
hole?
How long
was Stanley
going to be
at Camp
Green Lake?
What is
missing from
Camp Green
Lake?
Answer Key
1. small animals, insects, certain cactus thorns,
and the shells of sunflower seeds
2. a pig
3. a homeless shelter
4. carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain to
drink from the stream
5. Stanley Yelnats IV
6. stealing a pair of Clyde Livingston's
sneakers
7. Caveman
8. an inventor
9. It can be spelled the same way frontward
and backward.
10. Stanley's no-good-dirty-rotten-pigstealing-great-great-grandfather
11. Mr. Sir
12. Kissin' Kate Barlow
13. the Warden
14. Squid and X-Ray
15. ate sunflower seeds
16. a yellow-spotted lizard
17. spat into it
18. five feet across by five feet down
19. 18 months
20. a lake
Chapters
11 - 20
Why did
Stanley
collapse in
the big hole?
How did XRay get his
nickname?
What did
the Warden
do to
Armpit?
Why did the
Warden get
upset with
Mr.
Pendanski?
What
couldn't
Zero do?
What did XRay let
Stanley do
when the
watering
truck came?
What woke
Stanley up
from his
sleep?
What
happened
after the
Warden
smacked Mr.
Sir?
What was
the secret
ingredient in
the
Warden's
nail polish?
When the
Warden told
Zero to take
over X-Ray's
hole, what was
Caveman's
job?
What did
Stanley
picture to
help take his
mind off
digging his
second hole?
What job
does Stanley
suggest to
Jose as a
career
choice?
What did
Magnet take
from the
watering
truck?
Who did
Stanley give
his find to?
What did
Stanley tell
Mr. Sir
about the
sunflower
seeds?
What does
Zero tell Mr.
Pendanski
that he likes
to do?
What did
Stanley find
while digging
his hole?
What was
Stanley
surprised to
see when he
arrived at the
Warden's
house?
What was XRay's
reward for
turning in
the gold
tube?
Why couldn't
Stanley tell
the Warden
where the
object was
found?
Answer Key
1. it is pig Latin for Rex
2. Zigzag accidentally hit him in the head with his
shovel
3. knocked him into the hole with a pitchfork
4. he questioned her authority about filling the
canteens
5. read or write
6. move to the spot in front of Zero, behind Magnet
7. Squid crying
8. he fell to the ground and was in pain from the
rattlesnake nail polish
9. rattlesnake venom
10. to shovel the dirt from the hole into a
wheelbarrow
11. the campers from Group D beating up Derrick
Dunne
12. a person who trains animals for the movies or the
circus
13. Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds
14. X-Ray
15. he stole the bag and he ate all the seeds
16. dig holes
17. a golden tube with the letters KB etched inside of
a heart
18. holes of different shapes and sizes dug close to
her home
19. double shower and the day off
20. he knew that he and X-Ray would get in trouble
Chapters
21 - 30
What did
Trout
Walker have
in common
with Clyde
Livingston?
What did
the others
keep teasing
Stanley
about?
When the
people of
Green Lake
would get
sick, who are
the two
people they
would see?
What skill
did Zero
seem to have
that amazed
Stanley?
What
happened
when
Stanley
handed Mr.
Sir his
canteen?
What was
the name of
Sam's
donkey?
What did
Stanley
offer to
Zero?
Which boy
kept pushing
and punching
Stanley until
Zero starting
choking him?
What did
Linda Miller
and Trout
Walker
assume Kate
Barlow did
with her loot?
What did
Stanley
realize the
gold tube
was?
What did Sam
do for Miss
Katherine in
exchange for
six jars of
spiced
peaches?
Who saw
Sam and Miss
Katherine
kissing in the
rain?
Who dug
Stanley's
hole while he
was at the
Warden's?
What had not
happened in
Green Lake in
the 110 years
since Sam and
Mary Lou were
shot?
What did
Kate Barlow
do to the
sheriff
after she
shot him?
What deal
did Zero
offer to
Stanley?
Whose
initials did
Stanley
think the
K.B. stood
for?
What did Zero
do after the
Warden told
him that his
reading
lessons were
over?
How did Kate
Barlow die
before she
told Linda and
Trout where
the loot was
buried?
What was
Zero's real
name?
Answer Key
1. Zero digging his holes
2. They both had the same incurable foot
fungus.
3. Doc Hawthorne and Sam, the onion man
4. math computations
5. Mr. Sir put the canteen next to the spout but
the water flowed onto the ground instead of
into Stanley's
canteen.
6. Mary Lou
7. to teach him how to read
8. Zigzag
9. buried it
10. half of a lipstick container
11. fixed the roof of her schoolhouse
12. Hattie Parker
13. Zero
14. It had not rained.
15. applied red lipstick on his lips and kissed him
16. Zero would dig Stanley's hole for an hour
and Stanley would teach Zero to read for an
hour.
17. Kate Barlow
18. hit Mr. Pendanski in the face with a shovel
19. A yellow-spotted lizard bit her.
20. Hector Zeroni
Chapters
31 - 40
What was
the name of
the boat
that Stanley
found in the
middle of
the lake?
Why did
Mrs. Gladys
Tennyson
run down the
street after
Sam?
What did
Zero say
were in the
jars that he
found?
Who was the
new kid
assigned to
Group D?
What did
Stanley
think that
sploosh
tasted like?
What was
the task that
Zero and
Stanley had
to help each
other with?
How did
Mrs.
Tennyson
say that her
family got
sick?
What was
the pool of
water that
Stanley
thought he
saw?
What does
the Warden
tell Mr.
Pendanski
and Mr. Sir
to do with
Zero's files?
What kept
bothering
Zero?
What did
Stanley say
was at the
top of Big
Thumb?
What did
Zero confess
to Stanley?
Who was
hiding under
the boat?
What did
Stanley go
back down
the mountain
to get?
After running
away from the
hole of
yellowspotted
lizards, what
did Stanley
find?
What got
thicker as
Zero and
Stanley
climbed the
mountain?
Where were
Stanley and
Zero
headed?
What did
Stanley do
that he knew
was the
stupidest
thing he had
ever done in
his life?
What had
Twitch been
arrested
for?
What did
Stanley do
after he
drove the
truck into a
hole?
Answer Key
1. to thank him for the onion tonic that saved
her daughter's life
2. Mary Lou
3. sploosh
4. Brian or Twitch
5. peaches
6. climbing up the cliffs and ledges
7. from eating bad meat
8. a mirage
9. destroy them and erase them from the
state files
10. his stomach
11. an Italian restaurant
12. He was the one who took Clyde
Livingston's sneakers.
13. Zero
14. the shovel
15. a burlap bag with one sunflower seed in it
16. the weeds
17. in the direction of Big Thumb
18. stole Mr. Sir's truck and drove it into a
hole
19. stealing a car
20. he ran away
Chapters
41 - 50
Which way
should the
boys have
turned after
leaving the
Mary Lou?
Where did
Zero wait a
month for
his mother
to return?
What
happened
for the first
time in over
a hundred
years?
What did the
lizard that
jumped off
of Stanley's
neck eat?
What happened
on the very
same day that
Stanley's
father invented
the cure for
foot odor?
What was
Stanley
finally happy
about?
Why did
Stanley ask
Zero if he
wanted to
dig one more
hole?
What was
the name of
Mr. Yelnat's
foot odor
spray?
What was
Zero afraid
he would
become if
people found
out he had
no family?
What did
Mr. Sir tell
Stanley
while he was
in the hole
with lizards
on him?
What was
written on
the suitcase
that Zero
was holding?
Who was
Jaffy?
What did
Stanley
realize he
was standing
on in the
hole?
What will
eventually
happen to
Camp Green
Lake?
What did
Ms. Morengo
tell Stanley
that his
father had
invented?
Who is
singing to
Zero at the
end of the
novel?
Who showed
up at Camp
Green Lake
demanding
Stanley be
unharmed?
What sent
the lizards
scurrying all
over the
place?
Who was in
the
commercial
for Mr.
Yelnat's
foot odor
product?
What did
Zero get
arrested
for?
Answer Key
1. right
2. the playscape in Laney Park
3. rain fell on the lake
4. a tarantula
5. he liked himself now
6. the great-great-grandson of Elya Yelnats
carried the great-great-grandson of Madame
Zeroni up the
mountain
7. Stanley had a plan to find Kate Barlow's loot.
8. Sploosh
9. His lawyer stopped by yesterday and it turns
out that Stanley was innocent.
10. a ward of the state
11. Stanley Yelnats
12. Zero's imaginary giraffe
13. it will become a Girl Scout camp
14. a lizard nest
15. a product that eliminates foot odor
16. his mother
17. Mr. Sir shot one
18. the Texas Attorney General and Ms.
Morengo, his lawyer
19. Clyde Livingston
20. stealing a new pair of shoes from the shoe
store